Bedous | |
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Bedous Bedous | |
| Coordinates: 43°00′03″N 0°35′57″W / 43.0008°N 0.5992°W / 43.0008; -0.5992 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Oloron-Sainte-Marie |
| Canton | Oloron-Sainte-Marie-1 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Henri Bellegarde1 |
Area 1 | 11.64 km2 (4.49 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)2 | 568 |
| • Density | 48.8/km2 (126/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64104 /64490 |
| Elevation | 372–1,565 m (1,220–5,135 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Bedous (French pronunciation: [bədus]; Gascon: Bedós) is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France. It is the birthplace of Pierre Laclède, the Frenchman who founded the U.S. city of St. Louis.
Its station on the Pau–Canfranc railway was closed after an accident in 1970, but re-opened in 2016 as the terminus of service from Pau.
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References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.